The Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully rescued 121 personnel from a small airstrip at Wadi Sayyidna, about 40 km North of Khartoum in Sudan. The passengers, which included a pregnant woman, had no means to reach Port Sudan.
Led by the Indian Defence Attaché, the convoy reached the airstrip. However, the airstrip had a degraded surface, with no navigational approach aids, fuel, or landing lights (which are required to guide an aircraft landing at night).
